CaptainCat

The demo released yesterday on Steam so let's get this discussion started. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself immediately addicted to this game. I had very low expectations going in given its $20 price point and nearly identical UI to Civ V. But good god this game has a joyful unique spirit of its own and regardless of its UI similarities most definitely satisfies an unmet need for me in the TBS genre. Warlock's systems are almost immediately graspable and, sorry I hate to say this, simple fun. I felt like a child playing with a really neato toybox of fantasy tropes. I enjoyed that my decisions felt a little less important than they do in Civ V. There seems to be more breathing room to just play around rather than agonize over every decision. Sure, the whole point of playing a TBS is making interesting decisions. Warlock's decisions still feel important -- they just feel less stressful. I definitely see Warlock being a solid beer-and-pretzels strategy entry in TBS aficionados' catalogs. Troy, congrats, on handling the PR for such a cool game. Can't wait to play the full version next week.